The sunset of a web security standard could bite your browsing<article>
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The basis of trust for secure website connections—between you and a financial institution, you and Twitter, you and your health-care provider—relies on cryptographic shorthand. An outdated form of this shorthand will finally be mostly ditched starting January 1, 2016, and you may see the impact.</p><p>
If you run websites, you’ll need to update the digital certificates that are used to form a secure session. But even if you’re just a surfer, you may still encounter problems with sites you frequently visit. Some sites, like Facebook, are
trying to provide a smoother migration, though it’s very late in the figurative day to do so.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3014359/security/the-sunset-of-a-web-security-standard-could-bite-your-browsing.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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The sunset of a web security standard could bite your browsing
